Barat: Perbedaan antara revisi

Karena arah rotasi Bumi, angin yang umum di banyak tempat di [[lintang tengah]] (yaitu antara 35 dan 65 derajat lintang) berasal dari barat, yang dikenal sebagai ''[[westerlies]]''.<ref name="Glossary of Meteorology 2009">{{cite web|author=Glossary of Meteorology|year=2009|url=http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=westerlies1|title=Westerlies|publisher=American Meteorological Society|accessdate=2009-04-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622073904/http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=westerlies1|archivedate=2010-06-22}}</ref><ref name="Sue Ferguson">{{cite web|url=http://www.icbemp.gov/science/ferguson_42.pdf|title=Climatology of the Interior Columbia River Basin|author=Sue Ferguson|date=2001-09-07|publisher=Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project|accessdate=2009-09-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515003307/http://www.icbemp.gov/science/ferguson_42.pdf|archivedate=2009-05-15}}</ref>

 

{{further|Budaya Barat}}

Ungkapan "Barat" sering diucapkan mengacu pada [[dunia Barat]], yang meliputi [[Uni Eropa]] (juga negara-negara EFTA), [[Benua Amerika]], [[Israel]], [[Australia]], [[Selandia Baru]] dan (sebagian) [[Afrika Selatan]].